Michael on this premium cuvée: “Heimat means something like home, homeland; Silvaner is the most elegant and famous variety of our region, a variety from our home.”
Varieties: Silvaner
Vineyard: Kitzinger Eselsberg, a fairly steep plot close to the winery on young shell-limestone. The top and the bottom soil of the vineyard are more clay, the middle section is dry and rocky. Vines are about 35 years old and have been farmed organically for more than 20 years.
Making of: The destemmed grapes always ferment quickly, being pumped up with nutrition and surrounded by diverse wild yeast populations. In 201í, the major batch was a regular, destemmed skin-ferment (for about a week). Two little tanks were versions of carbonic maceration. After pressing, the wines were blended into a two-year-old 1.200l barrel. Racked and bottled in March 2021. Unfined, unfiltered, zero addition of sulfur.
Personality: wild and flamboyant! There’s smoke and a touch of grass, stone fruits and lush body with a gentle welcome kiss from Franconian oak.
Varieties: Silvaner
Vineyard: Kitzinger Eselsberg, a fairly steep plot close to the winery on young shell-limestone. The top and the bottom soil of the vineyard are more clay, the middle section is dry and rocky. Vines are about 35 years old and have been farmed organically for more than 20 years.
Making of: The destemmed grapes always ferment quickly, being pumped up with nutrition and surrounded by diverse wild yeast populations. In 201í, the major batch was a regular, destemmed skin-ferment (for about a week). Two little tanks were versions of carbonic maceration. After pressing, the wines were blended into a two-year-old 1.200l barrel. Racked and bottled in March 2021. Unfined, unfiltered, zero addition of sulfur.
Personality: wild and flamboyant! There’s smoke and a touch of grass, stone fruits and lush body with a gentle welcome kiss from Franconian oak.
